Valve



Aug. 23, 1,932. C. rf. MORRISON VALVE Filed June 19, 1950 *l me Patented Aug. 23, 1,932'

UNrTED Ns'rA'riezs PArENr OFFICE fr CORNELIUS RMORRISON, or rAWTUoKEr, Parona ISLAND, AssrGNonoF ONE-HALF 'rof` Y THOMAS F. VANCE, JR., or PAWTUCKET, nnonn ISLAND 'VALVE Application led Tune 19, 1930. Serial No. A162,372.;

This invention relates toa leak-proof valve structure adapted for use with .gar-4 ment-pressing machines, injectors for boilers, and similar devices wherein vsteam or compressed air is employedas a means forI moving entrained fluids. s f

One object of the invention 1s to provide a simple and compact valve structure capable of bei-ng actuatedrfrom. a point Without its casing and designed to eliminate the necessity for packing around thevalve-actilat- Y" l ing element toprevent the escape of high` pressure fluids.

Another object of the invention is the provision of arvalve and valve-operating means Within a casing having the Vparts `so constituted and arranged as to admit high-pressure fluid to certain portions of the casing and at the same time develop a 10W pressure 4area at a desired point Within the casing to thereby prevent the escape of the Huid around :the actuating-element. l

A further object of the invention is to provide a valve-casing having an interior Venturi throat or tube, and a valve for admitting fluid under pressure to the Venturi tube in such man-ner 'that the area of reduced pressure .developed thereby will extendto a point Within the casing Where it acts'to prevent the .escape of iiuid around the valve- Another object of the invention is the provision of a valve having an' axially-movable valve-stem and a bearing for said valve-stemk provided With lan opening therein located intermediate the ends ofthe'stem. forl effecting relief of pressure about thestem, With means for reducing the pressure ,in the area adjacent to the opening yto vprevent the escape of the fluid around the stem.

Afurtherl .object of the invention is the provision of aninjector or eXhauster .device having an improved valve-operating mecha- `nisInor controllingthe admission of highconstruction ofthe invention, by Way of eX- ,ample, asillustrated bythe accompanying drawing. In the drawing: .j

`Fig. l is an `axial sectional-view of the improved valve structureshovving it connected t-.o asteam-exhaust pipe for use with the bucks@r of vgarment.-pressing machines and illustrating the Venturi tube and valve-.Operating mechanism; n, 'f

Fig. Qis .-an .end elevation of the valve Structure, illustrating the arrangement of the? valve-stem operating means;

Fig. 3 isa top plan view, partially in horizontal section on `line of Fig. l; and

Fig.4 is atop plan view, partially nhorizontal section on line H of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the invention as herein illustrated the valve structure is shown .as adapted for use Witha garment-pressing machine of the type wherein steam is alternately supplied to and'exhausted from :theV bucks in steaming,'pressing and Idrying the garments; it being understood that the invention is notlimitedto use'in devices of the particular'. character specitied, but `is capable Vot application to injectors or exhausters generally in which steam, .compressed air or other fluid under pressure is employed'fo'r forcing an entrained fluid into or exhausting the same from a chamber.

In .the form ofthe invention as illustrated in the present dravving'the reference character l designates Qenerallvthe vcasing Aot the valve, to which yis connected a pipe '2Communicating with the interior of the buck of a garment-pressing machine, not shown, and Van eXha-ust pipe 3 provided With a restricted Venturi throat 4. The connectingpipe 2y be screwed into a boss .-formed as apart of the casing 1, and one` end of the exhaust pipe 3 maybe similarly held in a boss 6 formed `integral With the casing. The casing l is provided with a valve-chamber 7 sepa-` rated from its mainportion by a partition wall 8 having a port or vopening 9 adapted to be closed by the valve l0 When Vthe latter is seated. p s A The valve l0 Vcomprises a main body portion 12 provided with a reduced end vor spin- `I`dzle lslidably mounted Within a counterbore t4 formed in a! cap or end-closure 15. The

' thereon. yThe square or rectangular head 221 of the stud 21 is received in the circula-r open- Y 'g ing or port 9 in the upper wall of the chamber `end-closure 15 may be screwed into an opening in the casing 1 atthe bottom of the valvechamber 7, being provided with an annular 'recess 17 for the reception of a coiled spring 18. The opposite end'of the spring 18 abuts an annular shoulder 19 on the valve 10 to normally hold the latter in engagement. with its seat. The seat-engaging ace of thevalve v 10 may comprise al Washer 20 constructedpf hardVV rubber, ibre yor other suitable material for securingan effective seal. A stud 21 prof vided with an enlarged rectangular head `22 projects through an axial hole in the washer 'f and is threaded into the body `portion v12v of the valve 10 to securey the washer in .place 7 to serve inconjunction'with the reduced v'spindle 1.3 to Y'guide the valve and insure The rectangular shape of 9 when'fthewasher 2O is l the wall 8.

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' Ai-luid pressure supply-pipe. 2 4 is screwed into thejend of the casing 1 to communicate with the valve-chamber 7, being employed to supply steam or compressed air to theA 'Venturi ythroat 4 to create apartial vacuum in the casing to exhaust the steam from the buck or other chamber'connected to the pipe 2;V this being the usual method of operation f f employed in devices of the present type.

` The interior of the valve casing 1 is formed with a second partition wall 25 forming an supplying steam under pressure tothe yre-y Lupper chamber 32,1through the side of which is screwed a nozzle 26" provided with a central passage 27 of relatively small diameter for strictedy Venturi throat 4 of the exhaust pipe Vso ' arrangement provides that by. sliding the.l

3. n A valve-stem bearing-sleeve 29 is inserted f through the top of ,the casing 1 and'secured in vplace in any lsuitable manner, for example, with its. lower end screwed'intoA an opening in the partition wall 25. Slidably mounted in the bore of the bearing-sleeve 29 is a valve-v stem 30 having its lower end resting against the top of the head 22 of the valve10. This valve-stem 30'downwardly it willact against pipe 3 through the restricted'opening 27 in.`

the head Y22 to movefthe valve :10 against the Y .pressure of its spring 18 to release the washer 20 from its seat, whereby to admit pressure throughthe port ,9 into the upper chamber 32.

The provision Vofthe partitionwall 25 ktog'etherrwith therestricted nozzle 26 serves to formwhat isr i-n elect a high-pressure cham- 'ber32`when the valve 10 is open, the chamber 32 being then in direct communicationwith the lower valve-.chamber 7 Vvthrough the port' 9. The high-pressure chamber '32 communif Cates with the Venturi throat 4 ofthe exhaust seating' of its washer 20 against the the nozzle 26. A screw-threaded opening may be provided inthe end of the casing 1 communicating with the n high-pressure chamber 32, and so arranged as to permit of ready access to the passage 27 in the nozzle t V2o for cleaning it, a suitable closure-34 in the form of a screw-plug ybeing provided therefor., f Y

The valve-stem bearing-sleeve 29y is projvided with one or more radial openings or ducts 35, see Fig. 3, located above thepar-V *.tition wall 25 of the vhigh-pressurechamber v32 and communicating with the bore of the bearing-sleeve.- The valve-stem 30fmay be provided with an annular groove 36 oppositely. positioned relative to said openings or ducts 35. The valve-stem30`may also be `provided with an enlarged head 37 having a frusto-'conical portion-33 adapted to seat in a correspondingly-shaped counterbore at the,

upper end Yof the bore in the bearing-'sleeve 29 when the` valve is opened.V The frustoconical facesy of the stem and bore provide a wedgingl engagement tending to V.resist leakage around the stem at this point. -Y

A valve-stem actuating arml or lever 38 is pivotally mounted at'39 on the side of the casing 7 ,I being connected at 40 with a'link41 forroperation from aV` vsuitable hand-lever or` foot-pedal, not shown, whereby the valve-' stem 30 is moved axially to actuate the valve 1() whenever it may bedesiredto admit highpressure fluid into the chamber 32. Y

The-method of operation' of the device is haust the steam'from one or more of` the bucks of the garment-pressing"machinethe lever 38 is moved about its pivot 39 to force "the valve-stem 30 downwardly "to thereby open the valve 10. Steam or other fluid,

such as 'compressed air, isthus admitted under pressure to the chamber 32 to vbe'injected through the passage'27 in the nozzle 26'into the restricted throat 4 ofthe exhaustpipe 3. The discharge of high-pressure Ysteam or s air through the Venturi throat createsv a sucf tion and thus forms a partialvacuum or area asnext explained:iVVhenn it is ldesired to ex. @o

or' low pressure within the main chamber of the casing 1. Consequently, suction is in-i duced, through the pipe 2 to exhaust the used steamfrom the interior of 'the vbucks or `other chambers with which thepipe connects.

The steam in the chamber 32, being under consi derablevpressure, would ordinarily tend to escape or leak out around the valve-steml 30, and Ywith the usual V,construction of devices of this character the valvejstem is pro- .vided with a packing-,gland or the like which ,has the disadvantage of resisting 2free 'movement of the valve-stem in its bearing. The

provision of the annular groove 36 upon` the valve-stem4 3,0 and theopenings or ducts 35 *in the bearing 29 tends to relieve thepresV i sure around the valve-stem atapoint adjacent thel low-pressurearea caused by the suc tion of the jet of steam escaping through the Venturi throat 4. Therefore, any slight amount of steam, or in other cases air, escaping through the lower bearing for the valvestem 30 is diverted through the' ducts 35 and drawn into the stream of used steam being exhausted through the pipe 2. By thus providing an area of low pressure at a point within the casing surrounding the opening in which the valve-stem slides the steam is prevented from escaping or, in other words, leakage of pressure is avoided. Through this improved construction of the valve the use of packing-glands or similar means is avoided and the action of the valve rendered more free to provide for its easy operation.

If necessarylor desirable, a layer of packing material may be positioned between the enlarged head of the valve-stem bearingsleeve 29 and the casing l to prevent leakage Y of steam from the casing about the valve-V stem bearing, but in the present embodiment of the invention the pressure at this point is suiiciently reduced to render such packing unnecessary if the parts are closely7 fitted with the head of the bearing-sleeve set down into snug engagement with the casing.

When the steam in the interior of the.v

bucks has been exhausted to the desired extent through the pipe 2, release of pressure upon the valve-stem 30 by the lever 38 will enable the spring 18 to lift the valve 10 to thus seat the washer 20 to close the port 9. There being no packing around the valvestem 30 its sliding action under the force of the spring 18 is not resisted and hence the valve cannot stick or jam in open position. The steam or other fluid in the supply-pipe 24 and valve-chamber 7 being under relatively high pressure a slight movement of the valve 10 is adequate to furnish sufficient steam to the chamber 32 for the production of the necessary suction eii'ect through the Venturi throat 4 to perform the functions as above ex lained. l

While have herein shown and described one form of construction of the invention it is to be understood that various modiiications may be made in the size, proportions and arrangement of the parts of the device without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims appended hereto, which are to be broadly construed in the light of the disclosure.

I claim:

1. In a device of the type specified, a casing where a low pressure area Vis produced by the suction of the fluid injected from the nozzle through the Venturi tube.

2. In a deviceV of the type specied,a casmunicating with the exhaust opening, an'

injector-nozzle directed into the VVenturi tube, a port leading from the high-pressure chamber to the nozzle, a valve for closing said port, and a valve-stem for operating the valve, said valve-stem projectin 'through an opening in the outer wallof tie casing at a point within the low-pressure chamber whereby the suction produced therein by the action of the Venturi tube will prevent the escape of pressure around the valve-stem.

3. In a device of the type specilied, a casing having a division wall separating itsinterior into high-pressure and low-pressure chambers and provided with an exhaust opening leading from the low-pressure chamber and an inlet leading into the high-pressure chamber, a Venturi tube communicating with the exhaust opening, a nozzle communicating with`the high-pressure chamber and directed into the V enturi tube, a port opening between the inlet and the nozzle, a valve for closing said port, a valve-stem forV operating the valve, a bearing for the valve-stem in the division wall, and a second bearing for the valve-stem in the outer wall of the casing through which the valve-stem projects, said V{last-mentioned bearing being located in the lowepressure chamber whereby the suction produced therein by the action of the Venturi tube will prevent the escape of pressure around the valve stem.

In testimony whereoil I hereunto aiiix my signature.

CORNELIUS F. MORRISON;

having intake and exhaust openings, a Ven- 1 stem projecting through the casing at a point 

